function DynLayer(id,nestref,frame) {

    if (!is.ns5 && !DynLayer.set && !frame) {
        DynLayerInit();
    }
    this.frame = frame || self
    if (is.ns) {
        if (is.ns4) {
            if (!frame) {
                if (!nestref) {
                    var nestref = DynLayer.nestRefArray[id];
                }
                if (!DynLayerTest(id,nestref)) {
                    return;
                }
                this.css = (nestref) ? eval("document."+nestref+".document."+id) : document.layers[id];
            } else {
                this.css = (nestref)? eval("frame.document."+nestref+".document."+id) : frame.document.layers[id]
            }
            this.elm = this.event = this.css
            this.doc = this.css.document
        } else if (is.ns5) {
            this.elm = document.getElementById(id)
            this.css = this.elm.style
            this.doc = document
        }
        this.x = this.css.left
        this.y = this.css.top
        this.w = this.css.clip.width
        this.h = this.css.clip.height
    } else if (is.ie) {
        this.elm = this.event = this.frame.document.all[id]
        this.css = this.frame.document.all[id].style
        this.doc = document
        this.x = this.elm.offsetLeft
        this.y = this.elm.offsetTop
        this.w = (is.ie4)? this.css.pixelWidth : this.elm.offsetWidth
        this.h = (is.ie4)? this.css.pixelHeight : this.elm.offsetHeight
    }
    this.id = id
    this.nestref = nestref
    this.obj = id + "DynLayer"
    eval(this.obj + "=this")
}

function DynLayerMoveTo(x,y) {
 if (x!=null) {
  this.x = x
  if (is.ns) this.css.left = this.x
  else this.css.pixelLeft = this.x
 }
 if (y!=null) {
  this.y = y
  if (is.ns) this.css.top = this.y
  else this.css.pixelTop = this.y
 }
}
function DynLayerMoveBy(x,y) {
 this.moveTo(this.x+x,this.y+y)
}
function DynLayerShow() {
 this.css.visibility = (is.ns4)? "show" : "visible"
}
function DynLayerHide() {
 this.css.visibility = (is.ns4)? "hide" : "hidden"
}
DynLayer.prototype.moveTo = DynLayerMoveTo
DynLayer.prototype.moveBy = DynLayerMoveBy
DynLayer.prototype.show = DynLayerShow
DynLayer.prototype.hide = DynLayerHide
DynLayerTest = new Function('return true')

// DynLayerInit Function
function DynLayerInit(nestref) {
 if (!DynLayer.set) DynLayer.set = true
 if (is.ns) {
  if (nestref) ref = eval('document.'+nestref+'.document')
  else {nestref = ''; ref = document;}
  for (var i=0; i<ref.layers.length; i++) {
   var divname = ref.layers[i].name
   DynLayer.nestRefArray[divname] = nestref
   var index = divname.indexOf("Div")
   if (index > 0) {
    eval(divname.substr(0,index)+' = new DynLayer("'+divname+'","'+nestref+'")')
   }
   if (ref.layers[i].document.layers.length > 0) {
    DynLayer.refArray[DynLayer.refArray.length] = (nestref=='')? ref.layers[i].name : nestref+'.document.'+ref.layers[i].name
   }
  }
  if (DynLayer.refArray.i < DynLayer.refArray.length) {
   DynLayerInit(DynLayer.refArray[DynLayer.refArray.i++])
  }
 }
 else if (is.ie) {
  for (var i=0; i<document.all.tags("DIV").length; i++) {
   var divname = document.all.tags("DIV")[i].id
   var index = divname.indexOf("Div")
   if (index > 0) {
    eval(divname.substr(0,index)+' = new DynLayer("'+divname+'")')
   }
  }
 }
 return true
}
DynLayer.nestRefArray = new Array()
DynLayer.refArray = new Array()
DynLayer.refArray.i = 0
DynLayer.set = false

// Slide Methods
function DynLayerSlideTo(endx,endy,inc,speed,fn) {
 if (endx==null) endx = this.x
 if (endy==null) endy = this.y
 var distx = endx-this.x
 var disty = endy-this.y
 this.slideStart(endx,endy,distx,disty,inc,speed,fn)
}
function DynLayerSlideBy(distx,disty,inc,speed,fn) {
 var endx = this.x + distx
 var endy = this.y + disty
 this.slideStart(endx,endy,distx,disty,inc,speed,fn)
}
function DynLayerSlideStart(endx,endy,distx,disty,inc,speed,fn) {
 if (this.slideActive) return
 if (!inc) inc = 10
 if (!speed) speed = 20
 var num = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(distx,2) + Math.pow(disty,2))/inc
 if (num==0) return
 var dx = distx/num
 var dy = disty/num
 if (!fn) fn = null
 this.slideActive = true
 this.slide(dx,dy,endx,endy,num,1,speed,fn)
}
function DynLayerSlide(dx,dy,endx,endy,num,i,speed,fn) {
 if (!this.slideActive) return
 if (i++ < num) {
  this.moveBy(dx,dy)
  this.onSlide()
  if (this.slideActive) setTimeout(this.obj+".slide("+dx+","+dy+","+endx+","+endy+","+num+","+i+","+speed+",\""+fn+"\")",speed)
  else this.onSlideEnd()
 }
 else {
  this.slideActive = false
  this.moveTo(endx,endy)
  this.onSlide()
  this.onSlideEnd()
  eval(fn)
 }
}
function DynLayerSlideInit() {}
DynLayer.prototype.slideInit = DynLayerSlideInit
DynLayer.prototype.slideTo = DynLayerSlideTo
DynLayer.prototype.slideBy = DynLayerSlideBy
DynLayer.prototype.slideStart = DynLayerSlideStart
DynLayer.prototype.slide = DynLayerSlide
DynLayer.prototype.onSlide = new Function()
DynLayer.prototype.onSlideEnd = new Function()

// Clip Methods
function DynLayerClipInit(clipTop,clipRight,clipBottom,clipLeft) {
 if (is.ie) {
  if (arguments.length==4) this.clipTo(clipTop,clipRight,clipBottom,clipLeft)
  else if (is.ie4) this.clipTo(0,this.css.pixelWidth,this.css.pixelHeight,0)
 }
}
function DynLayerClipTo(t,r,b,l) {
 if (t==null) t = this.clipValues('t')
 if (r==null) r = this.clipValues('r')
 if (b==null) b = this.clipValues('b')
 if (l==null) l = this.clipValues('l')
 if (is.ns) {
  this.css.clip.top = t
  this.css.clip.right = r
  this.css.clip.bottom = b
  this.css.clip.left = l
 }
 else if (is.ie) this.css.clip = "rect("+t+"px "+r+"px "+b+"px "+l+"px)"
}
function DynLayerClipBy(t,r,b,l) {
 this.clipTo(this.clipValues('t')+t,this.clipValues('r')+r,this.clipValues('b')+b,this.clipValues('l')+l)
}
function DynLayerClipValues(which) {
 if (is.ie) var clipv = this.css.clip.split("rect(")[1].split(")")[0].split("px")
 if (which=="t") return (is.ns)? this.css.clip.top : Number(clipv[0])
 if (which=="r") return (is.ns)? this.css.clip.right : Number(clipv[1])
 if (which=="b") return (is.ns)? this.css.clip.bottom : Number(clipv[2])
 if (which=="l") return (is.ns)? this.css.clip.left : Number(clipv[3])
}
DynLayer.prototype.clipInit = DynLayerClipInit
DynLayer.prototype.clipTo = DynLayerClipTo
DynLayer.prototype.clipBy = DynLayerClipBy
DynLayer.prototype.clipValues = DynLayerClipValues

// Write Method
function DynLayerWrite(html) {
 if (is.ns) {
  this.doc.open()
  this.doc.write(html)
  this.doc.close()
 }
 else if (is.ie) {
  this.event.innerHTML = html
 }
}
DynLayer.prototype.write = DynLayerWrite

// BrowserCheck Object
function BrowserCheck() {
 var b = navigator.appName
 if (b=="Netscape") this.b = "ns"
 else if (b=="Microsoft Internet Explorer") this.b = "ie"
 else this.b = b
 this.version = navigator.appVersion
 this.v = parseInt(this.version)
 this.ns = (this.b=="ns" && this.v>=4)
 this.ns4 = (this.b=="ns" && this.v==4)
 this.ns5 = (this.b=="ns" && this.v==5)
 this.ie = (this.b=="ie" && this.v>=4)
 this.ie4 = (this.version.indexOf('MSIE 4')>0)
 this.ie5 = (this.version.indexOf('MSIE 5')>0)
 this.min = (this.ns||this.ie)
}
is = new BrowserCheck()

// CSS Function
function css(id,left,top,width,height,color,vis,z,other) {
 if (id=="START") return '<style type="text/css">\n'
 else if (id=="END") return '</style>'
 var str = (left!=null && top!=null)? '#'+id+' {position:absolute; left:'+left+'px; top:'+top+'px;' : '#'+id+' {position:relative;'
 if (arguments.length>=4 && width!=null) str += ' width:'+width+'px;'
 if (arguments.length>=5 && height!=null) {
  str += ' height:'+height+'px;'
  if (arguments.length<9 || other.indexOf('clip')==-1) str += ' clip:rect(0px '+width+'px '+height+'px 0px);'
 }
 if (arguments.length>=6 && color!=null) str += ' background-color:'+color+';'
 if (arguments.length>=7 && vis!=null) str += ' visibility:'+vis+';'
 if (arguments.length>=8 && z!=null) str += ' z-index:'+z+';'
 if (arguments.length==9 && other!=null) str += ' '+other
 str += '}\n'
 return str
}

function writeCSS(str,showAlert) {
 str = css('START')+str+css('END')
 document.write(str)
 if (showAlert) alert(str)
}

function NewsTicker(x,y,width,height) {
 this.name = 'NewsTicker'+(NewsTicker.count++)
 this.x = x
 this.y = y
 this.w = width
 this.h = height
 this.obj = this.name + "Object"
 eval(this.obj + "=this")
 this.items = new Array()
 this.scrollCount = 0

 this.pauseLength = pauseLength
 this.inc = tickerStepSize
 this.speed = stepTimeOut
 this.fromX = 0
 this.fromY = this.h
 this.bgColor = (backGroundColor)?backGroundColor:"#FFFFFF";;

 this.addItem = NewsTickerAddItem
 this.activate = NewsTickerActivate
 this.build = NewsTickerBuild
 this.start = NewsTickerStart
 this.stop = NewsTickerStop
 this.slide = NewsTickerSlide
}
function NewsTickerAddItem(text) {
 var i = this.items.length
 this.items[i] = new Object()
 this.items[i].text = text
}
function NewsTickerBuild() {
 if (tickerBorder == true) {
   this.css = css('BorderDiv',this.x,this.y,this.w,this.h,null,'visible', null)
   this.div = '<div id="BorderDiv" style="width: ' + (this.w - 2) + 'px; height: ' + (this.h - 2) + '; border: 1px solid ' + tickerBorderColor + ';"></div>'
 }
 this.css += css(this.name,this.x + 4,this.y + 4,this.w - 10,this.h - 10,this.bgColor)
 this.div += '<div id="'+this.name+'">'
 for (var i=0;i<this.items.length;i++) {
  this.css += css(this.name+'Item'+i, 0, 0, (this.w - 12),(this.h -12),this.bgColor,'hidden')
  this.div += '<div id="'+this.name+'Item'+i+'">'+this.items[i].text+'</div>'
 }
 this.div += '</div>'
 this.css += css('NewsKnowledge',this.x + 5,this.y+this.h - 18,this.w - 10, 15,this.bgColor,'visible')
 this.css +='.newsknowledge { color: #B0B0B0; font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none }\n'
 this.div += '<div id="NewsKnowledge" align="right" style="background-color: ' + this.bgColor + ';"><a href="http://www.newsknowledge.com" target="blank" class="newsknowledge" '+mscode.replace(/statusText/,"NewsKnowledge")+'>powered by NewsKnowledge</a></div>'
}
function NewsTickerActivate(autostart) {
 for (var i=0;i<this.items.length;i++) {
  this.items[i].lyr = new DynLayer(this.name+'Item'+i)
  this.items[i].lyr.moveTo(this.fromX,this.fromY)
  this.items[i].lyr.show()
 }
 this.items[0].lyr.moveTo(0,0)
 this.lyr = new DynLayer(this.name)
 var num = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(this.fromX,2) + Math.pow(this.fromY,2))/this.inc
 this.dx = this.fromX/num || 0
 this.dy = this.fromY/num || 0
 if (autostart!=false) setTimeout(this.obj+'.start()',this.pauseLength)
}
function NewsTickerStart() {
 if (!this.started) {
 this.started = true
 var t = this.scrollCount
 var b = (this.scrollCount==this.items.length-1)? 0 : this.scrollCount+1
 var obj1 = this.items[t].lyr.obj
 var obj2 = this.items[b].lyr.obj
 this.timer = setInterval(this.obj+'.slide('+obj1+','+obj2+')',this.speed)
 }
}
function NewsTickerStop() {
 clearInterval(this.timer)
 this.started = false
}
function NewsTickerSlide(obj1,obj2) {
 obj1.moveBy(-this.dx,-this.dy)
 obj2.moveBy(-this.dx,-this.dy)
 if ((this.dx!=0 && Math.floor(obj2.x)==0) || (this.dy!=0 && Math.floor(obj2.y)==0)) {
  clearInterval(this.timer)
  obj1.moveTo(this.fromX,this.fromY)
  obj2.moveTo(0,0)
  this.scrollCount = (this.scrollCount==this.items.length-1)? 0 : this.scrollCount+1
  this.timer = setTimeout(this.obj+'.started=false;'+this.obj+'.start()',this.pauseLength)
 }
}
NewsTicker.count = 0

function initTicker() {
 ticker.activate()
}
if(!window.tickerWidth)
 alert("please include the script \"newsConfig.js\"");
ticker = new NewsTicker(tickerLeft,tickerTop,tickerWidth,tickerHeight);
mscode='onmouseover="window.status=\'statusText\'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'\'; return true;""';
if(window.items) {
    for (k = 0; k < items.length; k = k + 2){
        newItem = '';
        if(showNewsTitle && items[k]['newsTitle']) {
            newItem += '<a href="'+items[k]['newsURL']+'" class="newsTitle" '+((showURL)?'':mscode.replace(/statusText/,escape(items[k]['newsTitle'])))+' target="_blank">'+items[k]['newsTitle']+'</a><br />';
        }
        newItem += '<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: ' + (tickerWidth - 12) + 'px;"><tr>';
        if(showSourceName && items[k]['sourceName']) {
             newItem += '<td><a href="'+items[k]['sourceURL']+'" class="sourceName" '+((showURL)?'':mscode.replace(/statusText/,escape(items[k]['sourceName'])))+' target="_blank">'+items[k]['sourceName']+'</a></td>';
        }
        if(showNewsDate && items[k]['newsDate']) {
             newItem += '<td style="text-align: right;"><span class="newsDate">' + items[k]['newsDate'] + '&nbsp;</span></td>';
        }
        newItem += '</tr></table>';
        k++;
        if(showNewsTitle && items[k]['newsTitle']) {
            newItem+='<br><a href="'+items[k]['newsURL']+'" class="newsTitle" '+((showURL)?'':mscode.replace(/statusText/,escape(items[k]['newsTitle'])))+' target="_blank">'+items[k]['newsTitle']+'</a><br>';
        }
        newItem += '<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: ' + (tickerWidth - 12) + 'px;"><tr>';
        if(showSourceName && items[k]['sourceName']) {
             newItem += '<td><a href="'+items[k]['sourceURL']+'" class="sourceName" '+((showURL)?'':mscode.replace(/statusText/,escape(items[k]['sourceName'])))+' target="_blank">'+items[k]['sourceName']+'</a></td>';
        }
        if(showNewsDate && items[k]['newsDate']) {
             newItem += '<td style="text-align: right;"><span class="newsDate">' + items[k]['newsDate'] + '&nbsp;</span></td>';
        }
        newItem += '</tr></table>';
        k--;
        ticker.addItem(newItem);
    }
}
else alert("Please include the NewsKnowledge feed export (in js format).");

ticker.build();

writeCSS(
    ticker.css
)